ATHENS, Ga., Sept. 25 -- The University of Georgia issued the following news release:
For Camila Livio, ordinary is not in her job description.
"Never in my lifedidIimaginedthat I would be talking about or thinking about energy, power generation and other related topics such as lethal autonomous weapon systems," she said. "Yet here we are."
Before coming to the U.S., she studied in different countries and has always been fascinated by foreign languages. Originally, Livio arrived in the U.S. as a Fulbright Scholar teaching Portuguese at the University of Pennsylvania and went on to earn a Ph.D. in linguistics. That training has served her well beyond that field.
"Much of modern American sociolinguistics research is quantitative and compu...